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Quick simple question did you have a job when you went into real estate? or did you go full time? and how long did it take you to get your 1st deal? please serious responds only thanks
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I have a property ground lease that is 15 years old and 3 years left on the lease. A Hired broker of the large chain restaurant wants me to contribute 100k toward improvements and in exchange they will extend the lea...
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Im 19 and I want to start investing in real estate. I became a realtor fresh out of high school last year, thinking I would learn about investing, but now realize they are two completely different things. Does anyone ...
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After a very long search, I am days away from signing a P&S on a condo investment. This is in Boston. It is a residential unit in a 12 unit complex. 9 are residential, 3 commercial. The cash flow and IRR are fanta...
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So I have an accepted offer on what will be my third rental property. But this is the first I've purchased with the explicit plan to keep as a rental.
Background: The first rental was purchased back in 2006 a...
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When flipping a property managing costs becomes essential to ensuring a good return-on-investment. But as a savvy investor, it is important to understand which expenditures are justifiable and can help move a property...
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In California more then 5 fruit trees is considered a Orchard for tax purposes, I can get the Orchard Tax exemption for first 4 years after planting. has any one tried this with multifamily properties? I know of singl...
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Hello,I have few properties that I own outright and some leveraged. I'm interested in getting a cash refi @ 30% LTV on my outright-owned properties (est. properties value is about $300k), so $90k in cash in order to ...
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I've bought quite a few properties at the sheriffs sale but have never had to deal with one with the dreaded IRS involvement. I have a title guy I work with who will be letting me know if there is an IRS lien on the p...
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Hello, I am currently serving active duty military and have been reading up on REI and became really interested. I plan to start saving and actually give it a try, that is after I actually understand and feel fully co...